Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-17
ANOTHER RUMPUS AT TRENTON.

ANOTHER RUMPUS AT TRENTON
 The Democrats OutvSitted and Trough
 Into Joint Assembly Hut No Senator Is Elected.
 TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 16.-Jersey's fail
 Capitol made another bid for the champion
 ship interstate belt for legislative wrangling
 The Senate chamber was the theater of action
 and nothing but the dignifed bearing and
 decisive ruling of President Fish prevented
 a repetition of the scenes which brought
 Jerseys legislators into prominence six 1 weeks ago at the organization of the House The House did nothing and ex-Speaker Ovi-
 att, whom Speaker Baird placed in the chair, 1 declared the House adjourned at 12 o'clock, l though the Democrats had previously at l tempted to get the senators to come to the
 Assembly chamber for the joint convention. l Protests were unavailing and Oviatt left the
 chair. The Republicans made for the Senate
 chamber, followed by the outgeneralled Democrats. This move was undoubtedly
 made by the Republicans to allow President | Fish to be chairman of the joint meeting. l The roll call showed eighty-one members | present, the total number of senators | and assemblymen. President Fish was ] made permanent chairman and Speaker Baird occupied seat by his side. The jour nal of the Senate for yesterday giving the result of the ballot for United States senator was read. An attempt was made to read the journal of the House for January 26th l recording the ballot of the so-called joint
 meeting, but this was objected to by the Re- 1,Ii end lad 1yyf fln oboi Senator Edwards (Dem.) asked to have his
 protest against this ruling recorded. The
 House having no record of ballot for sena- l tor nominations were in order. Ex-Speaker Armstrong in a speech of twenty minutes nominated William s. Sewell. Assembly,
 man Beokwith nominated ex-Governor Alb
 bolt. This evoked applause from the galler-
 ies which President Fish, who bore himself
 with great dignity, commanded to cease
 Senator Mcbride (Dem.) nominated Thomas
 Rays of Sussex county Throckmorton (Dem.) nominated ex Governor Bedle. Sena-
 tor Chase put the name of ex- x-Governor Lud- low in nomination and then Donohue, the
 labor member, in whose nomi- nation great interest centered, pronounced
 the name of Erastus E. Potter of Morris
 county as the labor choice. There being no
 more nominations every one naturally ex-
 peoted the balloting; but this is not Jersey
 procedure. Their politics are not as tame as
 all that. Senator Griggs got up and began
 to read solemn and formal protest against
 Henry Hurley, the occupant sf the contested seat, taking any part in the action of the joint meeting. This acted upon the Demo
 crats like red rag to bull. Hudspeth rose excitedly to g point of order and appealed from the decision of the chair when ruled out of order. President Fish ordered Hudspeth to sit down and allow Griggs to go on. Griggs proceeded with the reading and every Democrat in the chamber jumped to his feet and shouted for the ayes and nays on Hudspeth's appeal Amidst the chaos and uproar Griggs kept on reading though no one could hear him and presented his protest to the clerk. For about ten min
 utes the widest confusion ensued, members fairly dancing with "a 5e and pounding the desks. President Fish stood calmly through it all, though he sent the sergeant -at-arms ill- to the galleries to prevent the crowds that filled them and almost trampled on one an other in their eagerness to look down on the sombatants below from making disturb ance Hudspeth, after Griggs had finished, insisted on his appeal and in this he was assisted by the loud outcries of his followers. The chairman paid no attention to them and quiet was gained Senator Edwards moved to expunge the protest from the minutes. This vote was lost by vote of 40 to fl, Speaker Baired voting with the Republicans. After sharp, l wordy battle between Griggs and Hudspeth | the joint assembly settled down to voting. | Everybody was attentive and listened anx l iously to ascertain for whom the doubtful | ones would vote. The mystery of Baird's l vote was solved when his name, the fourth | on the list, was reached and he voted in loud | tones for Judge Morrow, Prohibition Dem ocrat. A smothered exclamation partly of relief and partly of disgust was heard from the Democrats. Although only six names were put in nomination ten were voted for, Cortland Parker, Frederick Potts, ex-Governor Lud- | low, Judge Morrow and William E. Potter, l each receiving one vote; ex-Governor Bedle, l William Rays and Erastus Potter two votes, | and ex-Governor Abbett and William s. l Sewell each 35 votes. President Fish de- | clared no one elected and the joint ballot | meeting adjourned until 12 o'clock to nor | TOW. The Senate and Assembly in respec- | tive chambers then adjourned until to-mor- TOW, the hour then being p. m. Hardly | anyone is willing to venture an opinion what | tomorrow will bring forth, but the opinion l seems to be that if Sewell or Abbett would | withdraw senator could be elected.